diff --git a/man4/lirc.4 b/man4/lirc.4
index 053c13401..98205d5fc 100644
--- a/man4/lirc.4
+++ b/man4/lirc.4
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ call fails with the error
 .P
 The complete list of ioctl commands is maintained in the kernel
 documentation, see SEE ALSO.
-The ioctl commands presented here is a subset  of the kernel
-docs.
+The ioctl commands presented here is a subset of the kernel
+documentation.
 .P
 The LIRC device's ioctl definition is bound by the ioctl function
 definition of struct file_operations, leaving us with an unsigned
-int for the ioctl command and an unsigned long for the arg.
-For the purposes of ioctl portability across 32-bit and 64-bit,
+int for the ioctl command and an unsigned long for the argument.
+For the purposes of ioctl portability across 32-bit and 64-bit architectures,
 these values are capped to their 32-bit sizes.
 .P
 .nf
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ sending.)
 .SH BUGS
 Using these devices requires the kernel source header file
 .IR lirc.h .
-This file is not available before kernel release 4.6. Users of older
-kernels could use the file bundled in
+This file is not available before kernel release 4.6.
+Users of older kernels could use the file bundled in
 .UR http://www.lirc.org
 .UE .
 .\"